Miss Namibia

{{Short description|Beauty pageant}}

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{{Infobox organization

| name = Miss Namibia

| formation = {{start date and years ago|1980}}

| full_name = Miss Namibia Organization

| image =

| caption =

| founder = Nic Kruger

| type = Beauty pageant

| headquarters = Windhoek

| location_country = Namibia

| membership = {{Hlist|Miss Universe|Miss World|Miss Earth}}

| language = English

| leader_title = National Director

| leader_name = Conny Maritz

| website = {{URL|https://www.missnamibia.org/home}}

}}

Miss Namibia is a national beauty pageant in Namibia. The winner represents Namibia at Miss Universe pageant.

The organization of Miss Namibia has produced one Miss Universe. Michelle McLean was crowned Miss Universe 1992, and became the first Namibian woman to win the title. McLean had been crowned Miss Namibia 1991 before Miss Universe, and also placed as the fourth runner-up at Miss World 1991.

History

The first Miss Namibia contest was held in 1980 by Nic Kruger, the founder of the pageant. After that there are three national directors: Nic Kruger (1980–1996), Danie Botes (1997–1998) and Conny Maritz (1999–today). The first Miss Namibia was organised by the Afrikaans newspaper Die Republikein in 1980 and conducted by Nic Kruger, the founding director of the pageant. The winner Desèré Kotze was allowed to participate in the Miss Universe contest representing Namibia, but wore the South African flag.{{Cite news | title=Miss Namibia 1982 Recalls Reign Before Independence | last=Mouton | first=Rinelda | newspaper=The Namibian | date=18 March 2022 | page=39}} After that there are two further national directors: Nic Kruger (1980–1996), Danie Botes (1997–1998) and Conny Maritz (1999–today). According to the source from Glynis Fester (Miss RSA 1977)—the first Miss SWA-Namibia was Ann Parker who was crowned by her on 18 June 1977. This is on public record in the Rapport published on 19 June 1977. She did not go to any international pageants.

Titles

colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:#FFDDCA;" \| Number of wins under Miss Namibia
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scope="col" \| Pageant ! scope="col" \| Wins
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style="text-align:left" \| Miss Universe \| style="text-align:center" \| 1
style="text-align:left" \| Miss World \| style="text-align:center" \| 0
style="text-align:left" \| Miss Earth \| style="text-align:center" \| 0

Note that the year designates the time Miss Namibia has acquired that particular pageant franchise.

==Titleholders==

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!width="60"|Year

width="250"|Miss Namibia

width="250"|Region

1980

| Bernice Tembo

1981

| Antoinette Knoetze

1982

| Desere Kotze

1983

| Astrid Klotzch

1984

| Peta Harley-Peters

1985

| Alice Pfeiffer

1986

| Jo-Rina Meyer

1987

| Bianca Pragt

1988

| Caroline du Preez

1989

| Emsie Esterhuizen

1990

| Ronel Liebenberg

style="background-color:gold; font-weight: bold "

| 1991

| Michelle McLean
Miss Universe 1992

1992

| Anja Schroeder

1993

| Barbara Kahatjipara

1995

| Patricia Burt

1996

| Faghma Absalom

1997

| Sheya Shipanga

1998

| Retha Reinders

1999

| Vaanda Katjuongua

2000

| Mia de Klerk

2001

| Michelle Heita

2002

| Ndapewa Alfons

2003

| Petrina Thomas

2004

| Adele Basson

2005

| Leefa Shiikwa{{efn|name=A|Miss Namibia 2005, Leefa Shiikwa was stripped of her title after it was disclosed that she was married to an Angolan man.}}

2006

| Anna Svetlana Nashandi

2007

| Marichen Luiperth

2008

| Marelize Robberts

2009

| Happie Ntelamo

2010

2011

| Luzaan van Wyk

2012

| Tsakana Nkandih

2013

| Paulina Malulu

2014

| Brumhilda Ochs

2015

| Steffi Van Wyk{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

2016

| Lizelle Esterhuizen

2017

| Suné January

2018

| Selma Kamanya

2019

| Nadja Breytenbach

2021

| Chelsi Shikongo

2022

| Cassia Sharpley

2023

| Jameela Uiras{{Cite web |last=Hambuda |first=Anne |date=10 July 2023 |title=Miss Namibia 2023 crowned |url=https://ww2.namibian.com.na/miss-namibia-2023-crowned/ |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=The Namibian |language=en-GB}}

2024

|Prisca Anyolo{{Cite web |title=Prisca Anyolo Miss Namibia 2024 {{!}} nbc |url=https://nbcnews.na/node/106463 |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=nbcnews.na}}

=Wins by region=

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width="150"|Region||width="50"|Titles||width="250"|Years

| rowspan="1" style="text-align: center" | 36

| 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024

| rowspan="1" style="text-align: center" | 2

| 2007, 2021

| rowspan="4" style="text-align: center" | 1

| 2018

| 2017

| 2012

| 2009

Titleholders under Miss Namibia org.

=Miss Universe Namibia=

{{plainlist|

{{Color box|gold|border=silver}} : Declared as Winner
{{Color box|#FFFF66|border=silver}} : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
{{Color box|#FFFF99|border=silver}} : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
{{Color box|#FADADD|border=silver}} : Ended as special awards winner

}}

::The main winner of Miss Namibia represents her country at the Miss Universe. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.

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! Year

! Region

! Miss Namibia

! Placement at Miss Universe

! Special award(s)

! Notes

colspan="6"|Conny Maritz directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe from 1999

| Prisca Anyolo

| Unplaced

|

|

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| Jameela Uiras

| Top 20

|

|

| Cassia Sharpley

| Unplaced

|

|

| Chelsi Shikongo

| Unplaced

|

| As it turns out, Shikongo was named after the late American actress Chelsi Smith, who was crowned Miss Universe 1995.

colspan=6 {{n/a|Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no representative in 2020}}

| Nadja Breytenbach

| Unplaced

|

|

| Selma Kamanya

| Unplaced

|

|

| Suné January

| Unplaced

|

|

| Lizelle Esterhuizen

| Unplaced

|

|

colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete between 2014—2015}}

| Paulina Malulu

| Unplaced

|

| Before naming as Miss Namibia, Paulina was "Miss International Namibia 2012" and represented Namibia at Miss International 2012 where she made the Top 15 semi-finalists in Okinawa, Japan.

| Tsakana Nkandih

| Unplaced

|

|

colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete between 2010—2011}}

| Happie Ntelamo

| Unplaced

|

|

colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete between 2007—2008}}

| Anna Svetlana Nashandi

| Unplaced

|

|

| Adele Basson

| Unplaced

|

|

colspan=5 {{n/a|Did not compete in 2004}}

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| Ndapewa Alfons

| Top 10

|

|

| Michelle Heita

| Unplaced

|

|

colspan=5 {{n/a|Did not compete in 2001}}

| Mia de Klerk

| Unplaced

|

|

| Vaanda Katjuongua

| Unplaced

|

|

colspan="6"|Danie Botes directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe between 1997―1998

| Retha Reinders

| Unplaced

|

|

| Sheya Shipanga

| Unplaced

|

|

colspan="6"|Nic Kruger directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe between 1981―1996

| Faghma Absalom

| Unplaced

|

|

| Patricia Burt

| Unplaced

|

| Namibia became the official venue of the Miss Universe 1995 competition.

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| Barbara Kahatjipara

| Unplaced

| style="text-align:left"|

Miss Congeniality

|

| Anja Schroeder

| Unplaced

|

|

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| Michelle McLean

| Miss Universe 1992

|

|

| Ronel Liebenberg

| Unplaced

|

|

colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete between 1985—1990}}

| Peta Harley-Peters

| Unplaced

|

|

| Astrid Klotzch

| Unplaced

|

|

| Desere Kotze

| Unplaced

|

|

| Antoinette Knoetze

| Unplaced

|

|

=Miss World Namibia=

{{plainlist|

{{Color box|gold|border=silver}} : Declared as Winner
{{Color box|#FFFF66|border=silver}} : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
{{Color box|#FFFF99|border=silver}} : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
{{Color box|#FADADD|border=silver}} : Ended as special awards winner

}}

::The runner-up of Miss Namibia will select as Miss World Namibia title. In some years the main winner also selected to Miss World before 2021.

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! Year

! Region

! Miss World Namibia

! Placement at Miss World

! Special award(s)

! Notes

colspan="6"|Conny Maritz directorship — a franchise holder to Miss World from 1999

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| Selma Kamanya

| Top 8

| style="text-align:left"|

|

colspan=6 {{n/a|Miss World 2023 was rescheduled to 2024 due to the change of host and when entering India as the new host, there were several issues that caused the postponement until March 2024.}}

| Leone van Jaarsveld{{cite news |last=Mouton |first=Rinelda |date=2 February 2023 |title=Van Jaarsveld Gears Up For Miss World |url=https://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?page=read&id=119470 |access-date=18 February 2023 |newspaper=The Namibian |archive-date=18 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218105055/https://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?page=read&id=119470 |url-status=dead }}

| Unplaced

|

colspan=6 {{n/a|Miss World 2021 was rescheduled to 16 March 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in Puerto Rico, no edition started in 2022.}}

| Annerie Mare

| Unplaced

|

|

colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete between 2016—2020}}

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| Steffi Van Wyk

| Unplaced

| style="text-align:left"|

Miss World Sport

|

| Brumhilda Ochs

| Unplaced

| style="text-align:left"|

Miss World Top Model (Top 20)

|

| Paulina Malulu

| Unplaced

|

|

colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete in 2012}}

| Luzaan van Wyk

| Unplaced

|

|

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| Top 25

|

|

| Happie Ntelamo

| Unplaced

| style="text-align:left"|

Miss World Beach Beauty (Top 20)

|

| Marelize Robberts

| Unplaced

| style="text-align:left"|

Miss World Top Model (Top 32)

|

| Marichen Luiperth

| Unplaced

|

|

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| Anna Svetlana Nashandi

| Top 17

|

|

| Leefa Shiikwa

| Unplaced

|

|

| Adele Basson

| Unplaced

|

|

| Petrina Thomas

| Unplaced

|

|

| Ndapewa Alfons

| Unplaced

|

|

| Michelle Heita

| Unplaced

|

|

| Mia de Klerk

| Unplaced

|

|

colspan="6"|Danie Botes directorship — a franchise holder to Miss World between 1997―1998

colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete between 1998—1999}}

| Sheya Shipanga

| Unplaced

|

|

colspan="6"|Nic Kruger directorship — a franchise holder to Miss World between 1989―1993

colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete between 1994—1996}}

| Barbara Kahatjipara

| Unplaced

|

|

| Anja Schroeder

| Unplaced

|

|

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| Michelle McLean

| Top 5

|

| Later, McLean won Miss Universe 1992 in Bangkok, Thailand.

| Ronel Liebenberg

| Unplaced

|

|

| Emsie Esterhuizen

| Unplaced

|

|

=Miss Earth Namibia=

{{plainlist|

{{Color box|gold|border=silver}} : Declared as Winner
{{Color box|#FFFF66|border=silver}} : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
{{Color box|#FFFF99|border=silver}} : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
{{Color box|#FADADD|border=silver}} : Ended as special awards winner

}}

::Began 2022 the organization of Miss Namibia is an official national franchise holder for Miss Earth. One of the runners-up at Miss Namibia will go to Miss Earth pageant.

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! Year

! Region

! Miss Earth Namibia

! Placement at Miss Earth

! Special award(s)

! Notes

colspan="6"|Conny Maritz directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Earth from 2022

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| Albertina Haimbala{{cite web|url= https://www.instagram.com/p/C6rVmLtssIX/|title=The Miss Namibia Organization (MNO) herewith announces that the first runner up of Miss Namibia 2023, Albertina Haimbala will represent Namibia at the Miss Earth 2024|website=Instagram|date=7 May 2024}}

| Top 12

|

|

| Martha Kautanevali{{cite web|first=Eveline|last=de Klerk|url=https://neweralive.na/posts/jameela-uiras-is-miss-namibia-2023|title=Jameela Uiras is Miss Namibia 2023… Oriana Ribeiro crowned Miss Teen 2023|website=New Era (Namibia)|date=10 July 2023|access-date=12 July 2023}}

| Unplaced

|

|

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| Diana Andimba

| Top 20

| style="text-align:left"|

{{gold01}} Best Eco Video (Africa)

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Notes

{{notelist}}

References

{{Reflist|colwidth=30em|refs=

{{cite news|title=Hubby leads to Miss Namibia losing her crown|url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/hubby-leads-to-miss-namibia-losing-her-crown-1.275738|access-date=1 November 2010|newspaper=Independent Online|date=April 18, 2006}}

{{cite news|title=Odile crowned as Miss Namibia|url=http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=28&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=70871&no_cache=1|access-date=1 November 2010|newspaper=The Namibian|date=August 2, 2010}}

}}

External links

[http://www.missnamibia.org/ Miss Namibia official site]

{{Miss Universe countries and territories}}

{{Miss World countries and territories}}

{{Miss Earth countries and territories}}

{{Miss Supranational countries and territories}}

Category:Recurring events established in 1980

Category:1980 establishments in South West Africa

Category:Namibian awards